Because of that, they had been unwilling to place sanctions against him, at least until yesterday.

This action received worldwide criticism and led to economic sanctions being placed on the Chinese government.

To address this issue, the government started to place sanctions on several affairs dealing with Japanese residents.

Obviously, New York officials would not agree to having such sanctions placed upon them.

The policy was widely criticised and led to crippling sanctions being placed against the country in the 1980s.

The University placed sanctions on Heights editors for their actions.

Finally, the Council placed financial and travel sanctions on the following individuals for obstructing the peace process:

This breached the sanctions placed on the Iraqi regime.

For example, in 2005, 7 Chinese firms were suspected of selling nuclear weapons technology and all 7 had sanctions placed upon them.

A full two-thirds results from sanctions placed on clients who failed to comply with complicated, confusing program requirements.